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BHB Blog Swap: A Thanksgiving Memory

Today, I am participating in a blog swap sponsored by Bloggers Helping Bloggers. I am thrilled to present this Thanksgiving memory from The Debt Princess herself. Thanksgiving, in my childhood years, meant a big family packed tight into a house with lots of food and fun times with cousins I didn’t see very often. That changed in high school thanks to my Contemporary American History class. During this class, we studied the song, Alice’s Restaurant byread more…

Date: 22/11/2013 Author: Category: Inspired by Bookmark: Permalink
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Trappings of Wealth

My friend Jana used to have a feature called “Money Tune Tuesday” that I loved. This post is inspired by that series, by Kim at Eyes on the Dollar’s recent post Does a Million Dollars Make You Rich and  the fact that Pentatonix (who I’ve been obsessed with since the Sing-Off) yesterday released the video of their cover of Royals (by Lorde). http://youtu.be/E9XQ2MdNgKY One of my favorite parts of this song is the list of theread more…

Date: 03/10/2013 Author: Category: Inspired by Bookmark: Permalink
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You Can Only Know What You Know

Yesterday, our good friend Joe from Stacking Benjamins and The Free Financial Advisor hit a major milestone- 365 days in a row of running. First, I want to congratulate Joe on the accomplishment. Doing any specific activity every day for a year takes dedication and resolve. Joe may go by the moniker “Average Joe”, but average he is not. (I would also like to think I deserve a little credit for inspiring him to do thisread more…

Date: 26/09/2013 Author: Category: Inspired by, Lessons Learned Bookmark: Permalink
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What Are You Working For?

What are you working for? It’s a question a friend of mine recently asked her friends on FaceBook. The answers ranged from the philosophical to very practical. Some people work for joy, others for money. Some work to challenge themselves and others work to pay off debt. How people answered varied on how they saw the question. I tried to make my answer both practical and philosophical. When I decided to go to grad school Iread more…

Date: 10/09/2013 Author: Category: Inspired by Bookmark: Permalink
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25 Things

I often see posts where the blogger puts up a list of things their readers might not know about them. I always love those “getting to know you” posts, and yet I’ve never really done one myself, partly because I feel that I am pretty darn transparent already. Recently though, a 25 Things meme has been going around among my Facebook (ie real life) friends, and I challenged myself to write one. I would say mostread more…

Date: 03/09/2013 Author: Category: Inspired by Bookmark: Permalink
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College is About Getting an Education, Not a Job

This rant was inspired by a comment left on this post over at LenPenzo.com. I even wrote a snarky reply comment, something I don’t usually do. Sorry, Len.   I get the student loan crisis. I really do. I graduated with my BA in 2000, and thirteen years later, I still owe 82% of what I borrowed (though I also made some choices post-graduation that have led to this). And I only seriously borrowed for aboutread more…

Date: 30/07/2013 Author: Category: Inspired by, Lessons Learned, On the Job Bookmark: Permalink
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Money & Relationship Questions from Chase

Apparently, this list of questions originally came from Chase (the bank). I got them from Lance at Money Life and More, who answered them himself and challenged the rest of us to do so, too.   1. Would you discuss money on the first date? Remember first that C and I have been married for almost 10 years, and together for over 13, so it’s been a really long time since I’ve been on a firstread more…

Date: 21/03/2013 Author: Category: Debt, Inspired by, Lessons Learned Bookmark: Permalink
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Women’s Money Week: Prepare for the Future by Owning Your Past

Today is both International Women’s Day and the last day of Women’s Money Week. Thanks so much to Jackie and Elizabeth for hosting once again. It’s been an honor to participate. Look for my favorite post from each day in tomorrow’s round up. The theme for Friday is Future Planning and Financial Planning   “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana As an undergrad, I majored in History, so itread more…

Date: 08/03/2013 Author: Tags: Category: Inspired by, Lessons Learned Bookmark: Permalink
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Women’s Money Week: Attend a Geek Convention for Less

Has it really been a year? It is time, once again, for Women’s Money Week. Let me be honest, everything I say in any of these posts applies to men as well as women, but I do think it is important to have events that focus on women and their relationships with money. Why? Because in a lot of ways, men are still seen as the bread winners and financial decision makers. It is less trueread more…

Date: 07/03/2013 Author: Tags: Category: Budgets, Everyday Finances, Free Things, Inspired by, Lessons Learned Bookmark: Permalink
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Women’s Money Week: A Family and Money Update

Has it really been a year? It is time, once again, for Women’s Money Week. Let me be honest, everything I say in any of these posts applies to men as well as women, but I do think it is important to have events that focus on women and their relationships with money. Why? Because in a lot of ways, men are still seen as the bread winners and financial decision makers. It is less trueread more…

Date: 06/03/2013 Author: Tags: Category: Inspired by, Major Financial Decisions, Other People's Money Bookmark: Permalink
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